Ahmed Patel-ISIS suspect row: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says Congress must come clean on terror

Union minister and BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today upped ante against Congress president Sonia Gandhi's political advisor Ahmed Patel in the ISIS suspect row.

Naqvi said, "Instead of taking action, Congress is busy in accusing BJP of politicising the issue. This makes Ahmed Patel even more questionable. The Congress must come clean  else blot on them will be larger than that for corruption.

The BJP has alleged that the suspected ISIS operatives worked at Ahmed Patel's hospital in Gujarat. The state police arrested two suspected ISIS operatives in Gujarat earlier this week.

"Sonia Gandhi's political advisor is attached with the hospital in



question since 1979. And, then that hospital is being connected to terror. So it is natural questions will be raised," Naqvi said during a press conference at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi today.

Naqvi said, "So far we used to say, Congress ke hath, corruption ke sath (Congress's hand supports corruption). Now people will say, Congress ka hath atankvad je sath (Congress's hand supports terrorism)."

Responding to a query about Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's initiative to find an amicable solution to Ram Janmabhoomi dispute through negotiations, Naqvi said,  "If Ram Janmabhoomi issue can be sorted through dialogue, nothing like it."